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This page lists notable bicycle brands and manufacturing companies past and present. For bicycle parts, see List of bicycle part manufacturing companies.. Many bicycle brands do not manufacture their own product, but rather import and re-brand bikes manufactured by others (e.g., Nishiki), sometimes designing the bike, specifying the equipment, and providing quality control.
The Grand Rapids Cycle Company Factory consisted of three parts. The original two parts were constructed in 1895 as two separate buildings. The first was a two-story building at the corner of Butterworth Street and Front Avenue, with an 80-foot frontage on Butterworth Street and a 100-foot frontage on Front.
This article lists bicycle part manufacturers and brands past and present. For a list of bicycle manufacturers, see list of bicycle manufacturers . Contents:
Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Michigan (5 C, 238 P) W. Whirlpool Corporation (2 C, 2 P) Wolverine World Wide (10 P)
In 1991, Tony Ellsworth built his first bicycle frame after a dramatic career change was brought on by deteriorating health. He built his first full-suspension mountain bike for his wife in 1993. By 1994, Tony was building bikes "for people whose names he didn't know," at which point he considered that he indeed built himself a business.
Quality Bicycle Products (QBP) is a large distributor of bicycle parts and accessories in the bicycle industry, based in the United States, [2] with revenues of $150 million in 2008. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In addition to wholesaling bicycles and components from other manufacturers, QBP owns and manufactures several brands of its own.
Waterford Precision Cycles was a small bicycle manufacturer based in Waterford, Wisconsin. [1] Waterford produced high-end, custom, hand-built, steel-frame bicycles, particularly road, criterium, stage, track, and cyclocross racing bicycles, that ranged in price from about $2,500 to $8,500.
In its early years, Hess recalled that about 600 frames per day were produced at its Chatsworth, Los Angeles location. RECO ( Racer Engineering Company ) was a wholly owned manufacturing division created for insurance purposes to be separate from BMX Products, Inc, even though RECO was always produced in-house.